When I first heard Mista Men I was impressed by the cross genre fusion the duo produce. As a duo they produce a cross between garage with hints of both 2-Step and speed garage. The new stuff also incorporates a more dark bassline simular that found in the 2007 era of ‘Bassline’. I saw these guys DJ back in October in Sheffield at a night called ‘It’s A Myth‘ and I wasn’t left unsatisfied. From what I can remember of the set it was a great mixture of bass lead music with garage thrown in. Mella Dee, one half of Mistamen, as also grabbed my attention via the monthly ZIP files sent out by Sheffield label ‘Project Allout’. On a solo tip Mella Dee offers up top quality grime with nice electronic saw feel to the bassline. ‘Amstrad‘ is a track that comes to mind as one of my favourites. Admittedly I haven’t heard much, if any, from the second half of Mistamen ‘Woozee‘. Same said for Dublin based ‘Detboi‘.
I first came aware of the opening track ‘Happen To You’ via DJ Q on his 1xtra UKG show. My first thought was simply ‘I NEED THIS!’. What grabbed me was again the cross genre fusion the track offers. What starts out to be a house track soon turns to a track that can only be described as heavy! The warpy bass takes me back to 2007 in terms of style and delight. Even though the bassline isn’t really melodic it defiantly fits its purpose. I can see this track doing a lot of damage once released, more so down the reaction and exposure it has already received months before release.
The second track again takes me back to time when bassline was, I believe, at its best. The track is entitled ‘I Move Closer’. Again the track starts out very house like and would easily fit in DJ sets in the likes of Ibiza. After breakdown of pure bliss, house is out of the window and in comes the familiar sound of UK Bassline. What I love about this track is the diversity between intro and main body of the track, again a perfect example of the cross genre fusion.
The third and final track is titled ‘Night Lights’. This delivers a more fuller Garage House feel as oppose to the first two. The heavy warping bassline’s is replaced with organ/piano progressions and a nice warming sub bass. It think this track is a nice chilled out way to finished the EP as the first two are rowdy. In no way is that a criticism if anything its a compliment.
The EP as whole deliver a hand full of genres all crammed into three tracks, I for one can’t wait for the EP to drop.
Mista Men ft Detboi – Happen To You EP [Cheap Thrills]
Mista Men ft Detboi – Happen To You
Mista Men ft Detboi – I Move Closer
Mista Men ft Detboi – Night Lights
Out Now - http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/happen-to-you-ep-feat.-detboi/id499450296
In the mean time check the guys out on SoundCloud, the links are below!
